For those of you who enjoy goofy little coincidences; notice this unit's sequential number: 7-6-5-4. If only it had been paired with with SD40-2 3210, now that would have been really crazy.

A long BNSF westbound Z train passes through a green Tehachapi Pass towards Northern California.

Spring has sprung. Two GE's drag a lightweight baretable train East up the challenging Tehachapi Pass on a beautiful Spring afternoon. Lupine is in bloom, on top of Tunnel 2.

A heavy manifest works up the #2 main at Caliente, as the temperature begins to rise on a summer morning.

BNSF 4547 Heads up hill just before tunnel 2 as he makes his way towards Bealville then on to Tehachapi.

An aging C40-8W leads a BNSF manifest up the 2.1% grade as it approaches Tunnel #2 in the warm evening light of springtime.

The golden hills of the Tehachapi Mountains provides the backdrop, while an ES44DC leads a manifest loaded with central valley commodities bound for eastern markets, as it nears Tunnel #2 between ... (more)

Descending from the Tehachapi Mountains into Caliente, approaching the big horseshoe curve that will reorient the train west toward Bakersfield.

Southbound MRVWCX works through Caliente as it ready's for the steep grade ahead.

Light engine move follows SP freight around the big curve.

Belle and Tanks Three BNSF GE's and one KCS Retro Belle schlep a heavy manifest over Tehachapi Pass, about to enter Tunnel Two. A few cars behind the headend are 3 flatcars loaded with Abra... (more)

The squeal of wheels through the tight arc of the Caliente horseshoe is overcome by the roar of locomotives confidently attacking the grade as the afternoon BNSF Z train climbs out of California's... (more)

eastbound Santa Fe North Bay, CA to Chicago, IL UPS train 991

CN 5729, a SD75I is helping push a heavy Southbound BNSF manifest up the steep grade out of the Caliente Horseshoe near Tunnel #1. Finding CN run through/Pool power in the Tehachapi's is a very ra... (more)

BNSF Railway train H-EVEBAR9-10 (High Priority Merchandise - Everett, WA to Barstow, CA) accelerates from a stop in the siding at Caliente, in Califrornia's Tehachapi Mountains, following a meet. ... (more)